Criminal defendants; orders for evaluation or treatment, duties of clerk of court. (HB645)

Introduced By

Progress

✓

Introduced

✓

Passed Committee

✓

Passed House

✓

Passed Senate

✓

Signed by Governor

☐

Became Law

Description

Criminal defendants; orders for competency and sanity evaluations and hospitalization. Requires the clerk of court to provide a copy of the order for an evaluation for sanity, competency to stand trial, and competency restoration to the appointed evaluator or hospital as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next business day following entry of the order. The evaluator or hospital must acknowledge receipt of the order to the clerk on a form developed by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill also requires the same verification of receipt procedures for an order for psychiatric hospitalization of an inmate from a local correctional facility. Read the Bill »

Video

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

OPPOSED, NO. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, THIS BILL REQUIRES A COURT ORDERS AN INMATE BE EVALUATED ONCE GETTING NOTICE, MUST GIVE NOTICE THEY'VE RECEIVED THE ORDER. THIS FIXES A PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED WITH ENFORCEMENT RECENTLY. WHERE AN INMATE DIED WAITING RECENTLY.

Del. Jay Leftwich (R-Chesapeake): HOUSE BILL 715 A BILL TO AMEND AND REENACT SECTION OF THE

[Unknown]: SUBSTITUTE. THE SENATOR FROM LYNCHBURG, SENATOR NEWMAN. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE INSIST ON OUR SUBSTITUTE AND REQUEST A COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. THE QUESTION IS SHALL THE SENATE INSIST ON THE SUBSTITUTE AND REQUEST A COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CH ANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. AYES 37, NOS 0. AYES 37, NOS 0. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 69,

Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake): DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES TO STOP FILING DUPLICATIVE REPORTS AND DEFINES WHO WHOM THE REPORTS ARE GIVEN.

[Unknown]: SHALL THE SENATE ADOPT THE COMMITTEE CONFERENCE RECORD ON HOUSE BILL 646. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CH THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. ANGE